The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-10-08
LABOR AND INDUSTRY.
Evidences of Activity in Local Trade and
Manufacture-Genera Labor Notes.


The sc" Sprine-cart Company yesterday
shipped carload of their work to London,
England.
indianapolis carriage manufacturers are build
ing MP quite trRde IN Mexico, as Wei as In
the South western States.
The Udell Woodeuware Company yesterday
received q large order for their goods by tele-
graph from Valparaiso, South America
Chandler e. Taylor yesterday shipped one of
their large pattern engines to Parkersburg, Va,
TO beahsed in new iron-works at that point
There is now stored in Indianapolis elevators
316, $40 bushels OF wheat and corn, against 1884,
$50 bushels a. the corresponding period last
year.
The United Express Company brought to j.
Il. Ryan, yesterday, a lot of chestnuts shipped
from Maryland, and the charges on them were
over 800
The Central Chair Company is so pressed with
orders that they working their entire force
thirteen hours per day. Nearly all their prod
uct is sold in this State and Illinois
NJ. Murry s. Co, hardwood lumber dealers and
manufacturers, propose putting in new macnin-
bry and enlarged facilities to meet the require
ments of their rapidly Increasing business
In the month of September the Indianapolis
eabinet-works shipped cabinetware to liz cities
e35 900 worth OF their products to foreign coun-
tries.
TIE Moore DISK Company is now pressed
with work. and is employing over 100 men.
try from which they have not within the last
twelve months received orders
The Metallic Wheel Company, of Terre Haute,
filed it's articles OF associations with the Secre-
tary OF State yesterday The capital stock is
$1,000. The directors are Louis Duenweg, A. T.
"a. Messner, and Otto Duenweg.
During State fair week of the South
Meridien-street wholesale houses sold $50.235
worth OF dry goods. On Thursday OF that
week there sold and packed at the house
s15,322 Of dry goods and fancy notions.
The Indianapolis Foundry Company, which
makes bridge castings as one of its specialties,
has been awarded a large contract by the Lake
Erie q Western road. which is repairing its old
bridges and building number OF new ones.
The Eagle machine-works were founded thir-
ty-seven years ago the LIST OF this month, and
Mr.. Hasselman states that not once in that
time have the men employed at the works failed
to receive the pay for their work each week.
A 100-barrel steam Touring mill on the roller
process has been ordered of the Nordyke g.
Marnon Company, Of this city. by stock come
pany OF Bristol, Tenn, to be located at the last
named place. The total cost Of the mill COM
2lete will be $22 600.
The Eagle Machine-works Company have
their new foundry under roof, and their wood
work shop will be put under roof next week
The company will have capacity to turn ont
double the work that they did in the old
quarters. near the Union Depot
One of the wholesale erocers on South
Meridian street has purchased several hundred
Howe sewing machines, one of which Re gives
spices In this way he has already disposed of
nearly two hundred sewing machines.
VIM. Terrell the msntel dealer, has just
made contract to furnish fifty fine wooden
nantes, with CRATES and tile work for a $500 900
hotel OF Decatur. Ala He las also sold a num-
Der Of beautiful mantels for residences in that
city, with CRATES and the work complete.
The fruit canning establishments for the last
over fse hundred eomen and girls. There are
three large concerns of this character in Indian
Apols After this month they reduce the num-
Der to less than one hundred women and girls.
Peter Bryce, on Oct i. began his eighteenth
year IN business in this city. The first year he
established his bakery, if twenty barrels of -four
work. Now two hundred barrels are used
weekly, and often even this number is exceeded.
The st. Louis fair is being roundly denounced
BY number of Indianapolis exhibitors. Every
5elf. and the same for his help. and the visitor
Ia skinned at every turn Indianapolis manu-
lecturers propose to give the St Louis fair
wide berth next year.
Brasnard Rorison, secretary and manager OF
the Jenney Electric Company returned yester-
day from Cincinnati, where he closed a large
contract with Halls Safe and Lock Company to
supply their works with electric lights. One
hundred arc lights and three hundred incandes-
cent lights in all will be used.
The ice dealers have had a good year in some
respects. Local sales have been nearly double
this season what they in 1885, but ship
ments TO other markets have been much less
Prices have been well main tanned, vet two OF
the ten firms are in the hands OF receivers and
q third was burned out recently.
Dean Brothers will build an addition to their
foundry TO make room for increasing business.
They have this week shipped FIVE special dis.
tlllery pumps to Kansas City, a large vacuum
pump to Cincinnati, q large deep-well pump to
Louisville, two heavy pumps to Davenport Ia,
Va.
The mince-meat manufacturers are putting
bOuBNR in rdar IN
There are three establishments OF this kind in
the city, and when in full operation thew turn
OUT SOC, 600 pounds Of miuce-meat in a season,
shipping 1t to every State in the Union. This
year. owing to the light crop OF apples the sea-
son does not open as auspiciously as usual
A. ID. Streight q Co. are doing an immense
business IN cherry lumber. While quite a per
cent. OF their lumber comes to this market and
Is used by local manufacturers, much the greater
portion of 1t goes TO Chicago, firm here this
year having purchased I,6OO 600 feet The Iogs
nre cut on an extensive tract of land that this
company owns In Elk county, Pennsylvania
President Hennng, of the National Benefit
Association. in the Magazine issued by the as
ISOLATION, has leader attacking Talmage's IA
nous insurance sermon Mr.. Henning who is a
practical insurance man, showed conclusively
tnat the preachsrs facts were better than his
less fabric OF a vision. The N. B. A. is doing
a larger business this year than ever before.
u II. Shower, OF this city, Yesterday shipped
seven more log trucks to the United States of
Colombia They go by rail to New York and |
thence to destination by water. The truck is so
substantially built that IL will carry locomo-
tive: These trucks are hauled by eight yoke of
cattle The trucks are used in hauling mahog-
any and red cedar logs from the hills down to
the river bank, which 80 steep that it re-
freight car
About one year ago the Covert Fire-ladder |
and Stand-piDe Company contracted with the |
steel pulley and machine works for an inn |
proyement for raising the ladder to their large
truck. The contract called for a hoist by which |
four men could raise the ladder in about one
minute and n half. Up to this time a ninute
and three quarters was the best that had been
done. When the hoist completed it was
found that FOUR men could raise the ladder in
one minute and seventeen seconds Tho pulley
are now building a ladder that thew
think can be raised in less than one minute
General Notes.
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